Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Signed into Law by President

It will be interesting to see the repercussions of the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Act that was signed into law today by President Obama. For two decades Lilly Ledbetter was paid less to do the same job as her male peers. When she sued her employer, Goodyear, and the case went all the way to the Supreme Court, she lost 5-4. That was in 2007. The message that was sent by the highest law in the land was that wage discrimination was okay. Now that Congress has passed this bill and our new President has signed it into law, employers will have to revisit wage discrimination practices, since they can now be held accountability for it.

While Lilly Ledbetter will not be compensated for the years and years of unequal pay, she has won a huge victory, not only for herself, but for all workers across the nation who are being discriminated against on their paychecks. This is an important message now being sent to employers. Let's hope it results in some unexpected wage leveling.


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